Bitcoin Revolution: A Cyberpunk Odyssey in the Year 2040

The world is a gritty neon-soaked centralised hub, with much of the world in ruin after the economic collapse caused by a pandemic in 2019. It's past the point of no return only a few short decades after the 2019 outbreak which saw nations around the world lockdown their citizens.

The world embraced the cyber realm and the lines between what is real and not are so blurred that people often forget if they are in the Meta or standing in their street. It doesn't matter anymore because it all looks the same. Pre the pandemic Crypto Currency was considered for degens, criminals and rebels but now Bitcoin has taken over the worlds financial core as citizens rose up against continuous interest rate increases by reserve banks and they struggled to make ends meet.

The collapse of the traditional financial system has made 2040 a turbulent time for the remnants of the old guard who are still struggling to transition to the new global financial system. Still publishing media content through Skynews and other old form centralised news sites alleging Bitcoin is a FAD and will pass.

2030's and the decay

The decay left over from the environmental catastrophes of global warming and deforestation that led to political unrest in the cities and depletion of most of humanities resources played a large role in brining Humanity to it's knees.

Still through these periods, governments continued to print vast amounts of money increasing debt setting off a cycle of continued interest rates, increasing the costs of basic needs. A single worker's wage continued to diminish as the amount of food they could purchase continued to reduce.

Many who had commenced investing in Bitcoin in 2021 and remained through the period of 2022 after succumbing to heavy financial losses due to the role Centralised Exchanges (CEX) played in financial mismanagement decided to uprise and banned together.

Many opened stores and went off grid investing in renewable energy sources and self sustainable production, this faction of human's continued to grow throughout the 2030s completely exiting the old guard financial system with their entire economy built around Bitcoin.

It was here that the first emergences of the new world showed itself as fiat currency became worthless and other humans sought refuge in Bitcoin run towns that were advancing while the rest of the old world continued to crumble.

Embrace the New World

Soon more and more towns began switching to the new world financial system and what was once individuals became towns which in turn became micro nations inside what were former superpowers.

By now, two worlds had formed the dust ridden, dry arid old financial towns that relied on fiat. These towns were reminiscent of an old cold war ridden society plagued by financial crisis of the world war. People having to line up for rations.

In the distance, lit up like the aurora lights were towns being run off Bitcoin, safe havens for those who once invested but were now operating as micro nations.

War Is Coming

Bitcoin's rise to power communities isn't without challenges as Governments and corporations regular wage full scale war and attacks at these Bitcoin refuges. Fortunately with the fall of the old financial system oil too disappeared and now tanks, planes and other fossil fuel powered machinery is unsustainable and hard to come by.

These wars are now fought with code, data and misinformation. Governments have armed a new strike force called "The Regulators" whose sole role is to write new laws that attempt to criminalise anyone using Bitcoin. But with the police force, military and compliance officers in short supply due to no fiat currency to pay anyone, the old world is in scrambles trying to secure nutrients.

While the old guard claim not to support Bitcoin, old guard raids often showcase that these dinosaurs do in fact often horde their own stash of contraband and undeclared Crypto Currency.

The future is a lot different than we first imagined.

The world is still coming to grips with what is happening but as campaigns rage on it is quite clear that the world is in dire need of a new financial system. While the old guard continue to rely on fiat to complete transactions. The Bitcoin dominated realm is amassing a larger following and rapidly moving around the globe due to the instant settlements.

It's reminiscent of when gun powder first made it's appearance against the humble bow and arrow. It's leaving the former archers for dead.

Where this new world will land, is anyone's guess.